Walmart Slumps After Rare Profit Miss Overshadows Higher Sales

Bloomberg Intelligence

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-Jennifer Bartashus, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, Retail Staples & Packaged Food, discusses Walmart earnings. Walmart Inc. shares fell after profit missed expectations for the first time in three years, due to a rise in insurance claims, legal charges and restructuring costs.

-Niraj Patel, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Software Analyst, discusses Thoma Bravo agreeing to buy Dayforce Inc. for $70 a share in cash, according to a statement. The deal values Dayforce at $12.3 billion including debt and includes a significant minority investment from a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

-Siddharth Philip, Bloomberg Chief Correspondent for Global Aviation, discusses Boeing heading closer to finalizing a deal with China to sell aircraft, according to people familiar with the matter, which would end a sales drought that stretches back to US President Donald Trump’s last visit in 2017.

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Watch Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.

Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Lisa Mateo

-Jennifer Bartashus, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, Retail Staples & Packaged Food, discusses Walmart earnings. Walmart Inc. shares fell after profit missed expectations for the first time in three years, due to a rise in insurance claims, legal charges and restructuring costs.

-Niraj Patel, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Software Analyst, discusses Thoma Bravo agreeing to buy Dayforce Inc. for $70 a share in cash, according to a statement. The deal values Dayforce at $12.3 billion including debt and includes a significant minority investment from a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

-Siddharth Philip, Bloomberg Chief Correspondent for Global Aviation, discusses Boeing heading closer to finalizing a deal with China to sell aircraft, according to people familiar with the matter, which would end a sales drought that stretches back to US President Donald Trump’s last visit in 2017.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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